Parents are busy farming

No matter how busy she was at home, Zifen never forgot what the focus of today was.

After comforting Qingyin, she set off to the county government office.

Although the New Year has passed, people are still somewhat immersed in the joy of the New Year.

Take the yamen as an example. Firstly, it is because of the cold weather, and secondly, because there is nothing much going on just after the New Year, so people come late.

When Ye Zifen arrived, there were only two or three government officials standing together, chatting and laughing.

He spotted Ye Zifen with sharp eyes and hurriedly came over to say hello, "Miss Ye Wu, have a great Chinese New Year!"

Ye Zifen immediately saluted and responded: "Happy New Year to everyone!"

After a few more pleasantries, he asked, "I wonder if the county magistrate has already gone to the office?"

A government official quickly said: "I saw the county magistrate arrived just now. He should be inside now. Do you need us to pass the news?"

Ye Zifen waved her hands and said to them: "You guys continue chatting, I can just go in by myself!"

Then Ye Zifen said goodbye to them and went directly to the office room where Magistrate Su was.

Came to the door and knocked.

"Come in!" Ye Zifen was still a little dazed when she heard the majestic voice coming from inside.

Su Jincheng usually strikes everyone as gentle and elegant, but they didn't expect that he would be so imposing in the county government.

But it's no wonder, after all, he is the head of a county. If he doesn't have a bit of majesty, how can he convince the public?

Ye Zifen shook her head to regain consciousness, gently opened the door and walked in.

Magistrate Su happened to look up and when he saw it was Ye Zifen, he quickly put the pen in his hand gently on the inkstone.

He stood up and walked out from behind the desk with a smile.

"Xiaowu, why do you have time to come here today? But what's the important thing?"

Normally, Zi Zifen would go directly to the back office to see Mrs. Su if she had nothing to do. Now that I'm here, I must have something to tell him.

Ye Zifen didn't talk nonsense and went straight to the topic.

"It's like this. My dad and I measured the shadow length last night and found that there will be a drought this year. Regardless of whether this measurement will come true or not, we should take precautions."

Magistrate Su looked much more solemn when he heard this.

Last year, Ye Zifen told him the method of growing corn to achieve high yields. This year, he wanted to test it. If there is a drought, the results may not be good. How could you not let him take it seriously?

Ye Zifen continued talking without pausing.

"According to the measurement results, the degree of drought is not very great, but since it is a drought, it will definitely affect food production, so I came over quickly to talk to you about this matter."

Magistrate Su pursed his lips and nodded, "You are right, but now we need to discuss how to resolve this matter."

Ye Zifen nodded and said: "I want to check the county annals in the past few hundred years to see if there are similar situations and how people solved them at that time."

Magistrate Su nodded after hearing this. This seemed to be the same idea, so he followed Ye Zifen to the room where the files were kept.

Chief Liu was checking information in the archives and was very surprised to see Magistrate Su and Ye Zifen arriving.

So he asked, "Why are the county magistrate and Miss Ye Wu here? But what's the matter?"

Ye Zifen glanced at Magistrate Su and said nothing.

Magistrate Su County felt that if he wanted to solve the drought problem, everyone in the county must be notified.

So there was no need to hide it, so he told Chief Liu about the current situation.

Upon hearing this, Chief Liu also became serious about it, "Our county is well-known as a major grain-producing county. If grain production decreases due to drought, we will not be able to explain it to the court."

"Yeah, so Zifen and I came over to see how they solved the problem during droughts in the past."

Master Liu nodded, temporarily putting aside the less important matters in his hand, and started checking them with Magistrate Su and Ye Zifen.

Ye Zifen was looking at the county records of the past two hundred years. As she looked at them, she discovered a problem. Almost every sixty years, there would be a drought in their local area, and it would last for several years.

The first two years were relatively good, but there was a slight drought, which became more severe later on.

It is even recorded in the county annals that in the next two years, there was no harvest at all.

Ye Zifen suddenly thought of what some people had said about people hiding in the mountains during disasters, and she felt a chill running down her back.

Then Ye Zifen quickly called Magistrate Su and Lord Liu to her side and told them the pattern she discovered. Their expressions immediately became solemn.

"If this is the case, the problems we will face will be more serious, and we have to take precautions in advance!" Su County Magistrate said.

Several people checked the county records for a long time. Not only did they not find a solution, but they became more and more panicked.

Ye Zifen couldn't help pinching his frown, and finally sighed and said: "How will the situation be in the next few years? Let's put it aside first, how to prevent this year's drought, and only after this matter is resolved can we have other ideas. Speakable."

Magistrate Su asked: "Do you have any solution?"

Ye Zifen clarified his thoughts and said: "A very important mode of transportation in our county is the canal. Generally we think that canals are an important mode of transportation. But we seem to have forgotten that there is water in the river, and the water in the canal comes from Where did it come from?"

Director Liu said: "The canal brings together several important rivers in our country. It was dug manually by us. Several major rivers poured water into the canal, which gave it its current scale."

Ye Zifen continued what he said: "And we have never found any flooding on the canal. Historical records show that no matter which river it is, there have been flood periods or even floods. But the canal has never experienced one."

When Magistrate Su heard this, although he was still vague, there seemed to be a line connecting him in his mind. But there was still no way to express this idea, so he was a little anxious.

"If you have anything to say, say it directly. I'm a little anxious."

Ye Zifen said: "Can you suggest to the court that other places introduce more water into the canal, so that when the water comes, it can alleviate the drought here."

Magistrate Su immediately began to think deeply. He was considering the feasibility of this matter.

"I will write it later, and write a few more copies, and send them to different people. I hope this request can be sent as soon as possible."

"Last winter, the tenants in my village dug a canal. Because of the digging of this canal, I suddenly had an idea. Can we directly connect the water in the canal to other rivers? This way When a drought comes, the water from the canal can be directly sent to other rivers. Even in a drought, if farmers are more diligent, the crops will not reach the point of reduced production."